Alpine World Ski Championships 1989

30th Alpine World Ski Championships 1989
Place:	Vail , United States
Start:	January 29, 1989
The End:	February 12, 1989
winner
	Men's	Ladies
Departure	Hansjörg Tauscher	Maria Walliser
Super G	Martin Hangl	Ulrike Maier
Giant slalom	Rudolf Nierlich	Vreni Schneider
slalom	Rudolf Nierlich	Mateja Svet
combination	Marc Girardelli	Tamara McKinney
← Crans-Montana 1987 Saalbach-Hinterglemm 1991 →

The 30th Alpine World Ski Championships took place from January 29th to February 12th, 1989 in Vail in the US state of Colorado .

program

date	Time	Men's	Ladies
January 29th	08:45 am and 11:15 am		Combination slalom
January 30th	08:45 a.m. and 11:45 a.m.	Combination slalom
0February 2nd	11:00 h		Combination descent
03 February	11:00 h	Combination descent
0February 4th	11:00 h	Departure
0February 5th	13:00 h		Departure
0February 6th	09.00 a.m. and 11.30 a.m.		slalom
0February 7th	09:00 h	Super G
0February 8	09:00 h		Super G
0February 9	09.00 a.m. and 11.30 a.m.	Giant slalom
February 11th	09.00 a.m. and 11.30 a.m.		Giant slalom
February 12th	09.00 a.m. and 11.30 a.m.	slalom

opening

The World Championships opened on January 29th at 6 p.m. local time in the Dobsonian Ice Arena. Former US President Gerald Ford , who was considered an avid supporter of the rise of this ski region to one of the largest ski areas in the USA, attended. John Denver gave a concert.

Note: Vail was originally intended as the venue for the alpine ski races for the 1976 Winter Olympics, but Denver, as an official candidate, had to withdraw its candidacy because of the green environmentalists ( Ever-Greens ) after a 1972 referendum in the state of Colorado - but it has since these long since canceled the sails.

The number of participating athletes was given as approx. 500 and that of the nations specifically as 43 (initially there was talk of 50 nations).

FIS world rankings

In good time before the start of the world championships, the FIS published the current world rankings.
In the men's race, Girardelli was ahead in downhill and slalom, with Höflehner, Zurbriggen, Mahrer, Müller and the South Tyrolean Michael Mair taking the next places. In the slalom it was Tomba, Bittner, Gstrein, Frommelt, Nilsson. Wörndl was placed 12th. In the Super-G, Piccard was ahead of Wasmaier, Zurbriggen, Hangl, Girardelli, Tomba, Stock. In the giant slalom it was Tomba ahead of Nierlich, Zurbriggen, Girardelli; Stenmark was eighth.
In the women’s category, Schneider was leading in both giant slalom and slalom - in the “giant” ahead of Svet, Quittet, Christine Meier, Ulrike Maier and Wachter (Kinshofer, who had already retired, still appeared in 12th place); in the slalom in front of Fernandez-Ochoa, Svet, Oertli, McKinney, Ladstätter (which was not nominated at all), Maierhofer and again Kinshofer. In the descent the order was Figini, Walliser, Kiehl, Merle, Oertli, Wallinger, Wolf, Mösenlechner, Gafner, Michaela Gerg and Percy. Ultimately in the Super-G it was Merle ahead of Wolf, Figini, Ulrike Maier, Mösenlechner, Svet, Wachter, Zoë Haas and Gerg.

Team nominations Switzerland and Austria

While the Swiss Ski Association announced the nomination for Vail with 12 women and men each on January 22nd and Joël Gaspoz was not considered by head coach Karl Frehsner , the ÖSV only followed a day later. The ratio of men to women was 14 to 10, with 6 downhill riders in the men's team. A qualification for the fourth downhill starting place between Ortlieb, Rupp and Pfaffenbichler was planned. Katrin Gutensohn , Ida Ladstätter and Erwin Resch were not included. Alpine boss Mag. Werner Wörndle advocated the motto of only taking along those women and men who had a chance of a medal.

Shifts

Since the men's downhill had to be postponed from February 4th to 6th, there were also new dates for some other competitions. The women's slalom planned for February 6th was postponed to February 7th - and the men's Super-G, which was scheduled to start at 11 a.m., took place on February 8th, just like the women's slalom, which should also have started at 11 a.m. instead of. New start times were therefore necessary for this. The women's giant slalom and the men's giant slalom and slalom remained unaffected.

Financial

The cost of the event was estimated at US $ 12 million, but tourism revenue of US $ 70 million was expected.

An interim balance showed that the organizers weren't so bothered by the low number of spectators, but that only 60% of the 25,000 hotel beds were fully booked in the first week of the World Cup. However, there was a report that 86% of the tickets issued had been sold. However, sponsors were the main buyers - and they did not give the cards away, but let them expire. Although the audience stayed away, there had been a profit of 5 million schillings (as the “Arbeiterzeitung Wien” wrote on February 14, 1989 on page 22 from column 4, below).

The FIS, which had made the World Championships possible with a "donation" of 10 million CHF, of which they were to get back 5% of the ticket sales, remained due to all the circumstances about 133 CHF.

Worth mentioning

• Apart from the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley and those 1980 in Lake Placid , at which the alpine ski races were also considered world championships, it was the first alpine ski world championships in the USA since Aspen 1950.
• One problem with the world championships was that they were barely noticed outside of the venue. US journalists were surprised that so many media representatives had traveled from Europe.
• The former world cup runner Cindy Nelson acted as track manager
• The men's downhill run, designed by piste builder Bernhard Russi , with its bobsleigh-like chicane “Rattle Snake Alley”, in which many of the runners missed better times, became famous and notorious .
• The women can only defend their titles in the downhill and giant slalom.
• In terms of European standards, for the first time in the history of alpine ski races there was a fundamental change in the interim overlay in terms of television broadcasts. These related to the respective leader - which in the case of races in two rounds also meant that in the second run the runner with the time taken from the first round was displayed. The European TV stations had always shown a ranking based on the achieved time and second rounds had started from zero. The procedure, which had been in use for a long time in the USA, soon afterwards also became a permanent feature of the European races.
• The journey of the entire German team and part of the Austrian men's team (downhill riders and combiners) and also some journalists on the “Lufthansa flight 430”, starting from Munich via Frankfurt / Main , took 29 hours. The crews had left on January 25th at 13:00 with the destination Chicago with a flight to Denver , but there was a long interruption and the journey did not continue to Denver until January 26th at 10.15h local time, where they arrived on January 27th and continued the journey to the World Cup location. Initially there was a stopover in Chicago, after which technical problems led to a diversion to Detroit, where a snow storm meant that the group had to wait (and the group was split up in terms of overnight stays). Another problem arose from the fact that the stewardesses were not allowed to serve drinks for customs reasons.
• There was a breakdown by the organizer, who also hoisted the GDR flag in the finish area, although it had not been represented in alpine skiing for a long time.
• In the women's giant slalom there was a subsequent disqualification of the French bronze medal winner Christelle Guignard , whereby Mateja Svet moved up in the ranking and received this bronze medal.
• Practically at the beginning of the world championships, the 1991 event organizer, Saalbach-Hinterglemm, presented its program at an information stand in the press center.
• Both Super-Gs were won with start no. 1 won.
• Double Olympic champion Alberto Tomba remained without a medal: in the giant slalom, after a bad first run, he was only 7th, in the slalom he was eliminated.
• The poor performance of the Italian men's team resulted in the immediate resignation of head coach Sepp Messners and technical coach Tino Pietrogiovanna (source from February 14; please see men's slalom).
• For the first time since 1982, the runners of the ÖSV won gold medals at Alpine World Championships. However, there was a disappointment in the women's downhill, because the Japanese Emi Kawabata in 5th place was faster with a department store ski than the best Austrian runner (12th place).
• It was strange that during the World Championships the ÖSV held its downhill championships in Mallnitz on February 3rd , with Katrin Gutensohn winning ahead of Ingrid Stöckl and Peter Wirnsberger II ahead of Stephan Eberharter .
• The FIS and IOC member, the Spanish Prince Alfonso of Bourbon y Dampierre, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz , was killed on January 30th at 4 p.m. local time during the tour of the men's downhill slope, which was carried out together with Bernhard Russi , Ken Read and Toni Sailer . His neck hit a rope on the target transparency. Prince Alfonso was the grandson of King Alfonso XIII. and cousin of the Spanish King Juan Carlos I and was married to the granddaughter of the former Spanish President Generalissimo Francisco Franco .

The downhill training

The first downhill training of the women on January 30th, in which Figini was ahead, was canceled after 16 runners after heavy falls by Beatrice Gafner and Barbara Sadleder (they injured themselves). In the further training sessions on January 31st there were once Mösenlechner ex aequo with Percy and once Merle, on February 1st there were again Figini and once Merle (although the Ticino woman had waived). The last training sessions took place on February 3rd, whereby once Gerg won ahead of Percy and Mösenlechner and ultimately Emonet ahead of Heidi Zurbriggen and Mösenlechner. In the Austrian internal decision, Wallinger was given preference over Sadleder despite a fall in the first training run.

On January 31, the men began two downhill training sessions, with Zurbriggen (once ahead of Wirnsberger, once ahead of Heinzer) taking first place, but the next day the training sessions, which had been scheduled for the first time despite wind speeds of up to 130 km / h canceled after six runners (this sixth was Zurbriggen, who flew over 40 m through the air, landed on his chest and suffered severe bruises) and the other time after four. The final training (from the start of the combined descent) brought a triple success for the Austrians by Roman Rupp (who qualified while Pfaffenbichler fell by the wayside) Höflehner and Stock. Of the actual medal winners, Müller (with a goal mistake) was fourth and Alpiger eighth, while Tauscher did not attract attention. Since the descent was postponed to February 6th due to fresh snow, there was another training session on February 5th: Klaus Gattermann won ahead of Höflehner and Belczyk and Besse at the same time; of the (co) favorites there were the placements 9 for Müller, 10 for Stock, 15 for Wirnsberger, 27 for Zurbriggen, 33 Rupp and 38 Girardelli.

Men

Departure

space	country	athlete	time
1	FRG	Hansjörg Tauscher	2: 10.39 min
2	SUI	Peter Müller	2: 10.58 min
3	SUI	Karl Alpiger	2: 10.67 min
4th	SUI	Daniel Mahrer	2: 10.91 min
5	SUI	William Besse	2: 10.94 min
6th	NOR	Atle Skårdal	2: 10.99 min
7th	AUT	Helmut Höflehner	2: 11.24 min
8th	AUT	Peter Wirnsberger	2: 11.52 min
9	AUT	Roman Rupp	2: 11.60 min
10	FRG	Klaus Gattermann	2: 11.68 min
-	-	-	-
15th	SUI	Pirmin Zurbriggen	2: 12.39 min
18th	FRG	Stefan Krauss	2: 12.40 min
20th	LIE	Markus Foser	2: 12.60 min
22nd	AUT	Leonhard Stock	2: 12.84 min
29	FRG	Markus Wasmeier	2: 13.98 min

Defending champion: Peter Müller (SUI)
Date : February 6th, 12:30 pm
Slope: "Centennial"
Length: 3480 m, difference in altitude: 853 m
Goals: 40

55 runners started, 52 of them reached the finish.

Super G

space	country	athlete	time
1	SUI	Martin Hangl	1: 38.81 min
2	SUI	Pirmin Zurbriggen	1: 39.09 min
3	YUG	Tomaž Čižman	1: 39.18 min
4th	AUT	Hubert Strolz	1: 39.49 min
5	FRG	Markus Wasmeier	1: 39.56 min
6th	ITA	Alberto Tomba	1: 39.73 min
7th	SWE	Lars-Börje Eriksson	1: 39.95 min
8th	OUT	Steven Lee	1: 39.97 min
9	AUT	Leonhard Stock	1: 40.07 min
-	-	-	-
11	SUI	Franz Heinzer	1: 40.21 min
13	AUT	Hans Enn	1: 40.36 min
15th	FRG	Hans Stuffer	1: 40.45 min
24	FRG	Michael Eder	1: 40.90 min
25th	AUT	Helmut Mayer	1: 40.94 min
27	SUI	Urs Kälin	1: 41.26 min
28	FRG	Hansjörg Tauscher	1: 41.31 min
34	LIE	Markus Foser	1: 41.86 min
38	LIE	Günther Marxer	1: 42.07 min
45	LIE	Robert Büchel	1: 42.76 min
51	LIE	Silvio Wille	1: 43.91 min
63	MEX	Hubertus of Hohenlohe	1: 47.73 min

Defending champion: Pirmin Zurbriggen (SUI)
Date : February 8th, 1:30 pm
Track: "International"
Length: 2234 m, difference in altitude: 598 m,
gates: 43

98 runners started, 91 of them reached the finish.

Retired u. a .: Peter Müller (SUI), Jonas Nilsson (SWE)
Hubert Strolz almost seemed to have won the bronze medal before the one with start no. 22 Tomaž Čižman, who started the race, grabbed it.
Other important placements:
10th Franck Piccard (FRA) 1: 40.09
14th Marc Girardelli (LUX) 1: 40.41

Giant slalom

space	country	athlete	time
1	AUT	Rudolf Nierlich	2: 37.66 min
2	AUT	Helmut Mayer	2: 39.28 min
3	SUI	Pirmin Zurbriggen	2: 39.38 min
4th	LUX	Marc Girardelli	2: 39.57 min
5	SUI	Martin Hangl	2: 39.75 min
6th	SWE	Ingemar Stenmark	2: 39.85 min
7th	ITA	Alberto Tomba	2: 40.11 min
8th	NOR	Ole Kristian Furuseth	2: 40.62 min
-	-	-	-
12	SUI	Patrick Staub	2: 41.07 min
13	FRG	Markus Wasmeier	2: 41.32 min
14th	SUI	Urs Kälin	2: 41.37 min
19th	FRG	Michael Eder	2: 43.91 min
22nd	FRG	Armin Bittner	2: 44.64 min
26th	LIE	Robert Büchel	2: 46.76 min
51	MEX	Hubertus of Hohenlohe	3: 04.35 min

Defending champion: Pirmin Zurbriggen (SUI)
Date : February 9th, 9:00 am (1st run), 12:30 pm (2nd run)
Slope: "International"
Length: 1450 m, difference in altitude: 372 m
Gates: 54 ( 1st run), 54 (2nd run)

There were 101 runners at the start, 68 of them reached the finish.

Retired u. a .: Didier Bouvet (FRA), Tomaž Čižman (YUG), Hans Enn (AUT), Robert Erlacher (ITA), Markus Foser (LIE), Fredrik Nyberg (SWE), Hans Pieren (SUI), Hubert Strolz (AUT)
After the first round, Nierlich, who started with No. 15, led in 1: 17.07 with a lead of 0.97 s and 1.26 s on Hangl and Zurbriggen; Furuseth (+ 1.41 s), Girardelli (+ 1.43 s), Stenmark (+ 1.70 s) and Wasmaier (+ 1.96 s) followed. Helmut Mayer was tenth, 2.07 s behind, Tomba (+ 2.75 s), who almost fell, was only fifteenth. Hans Enn (No. 2), who started after his rapid healing after a cruciate ligament tear, had to give up after just a few goals, where he suffered a muscle tear in his injured knee and was operated on on February 13 in Innsbruck by lecturer Benedetto; Strolz also dropped out.
Mayer won the second run in 1: 20.14 with 0.15 seconds ahead of Tomba, 0.45 seconds over Nierlich and 0.91 seconds over Zurbriggen.

slalom

space	country	athlete	time
1	AUT	Rudolf Nierlich	2: 02.85 min
2	FRG	Armin Bittner	2: 03.29 min
3	LUX	Marc Girardelli	2: 03.65 min
4th	SUI	Paul Accola	2: 03.80 min
5	SWE	Jonas Nilsson	2: 03.87 min
6th	NOR	Ole Kristian Furuseth	2: 05.18 min
7th	LIE	Paul Frommelt	2: 05.34 min
8th	YUG	Grega Benedik	2: 05.55 min
9	AUT	Thomas Stangassinger	2: 07.25 min
10	SUI	Patrick Staub	2: 07.48 min
-	-	-	-
26th	MEX	Hubertus of Hohenlohe	2: 34.66 min

Defending champion: Frank Wörndl (GER)
Date : February 12th, 9:00 am (1st run), 11:30 am (2nd run)
Track: "International"
start at 2,706 m altitude; Length: 480 m, difference in altitude: 207 m
Goals: 73 (1st run); 74 (2nd run) - course setter Didier Bonvin (SUI); Tino Pietrogiovanna (ITA)

94 runners started, 31 of them crossed the finish line.

Retired u. a .: Florian Beck (FRG), Markus Foser (LIE), Bernhard Gstrein (AUT), Urs Kälin (SUI), Fredrik Nyberg (SWE), Tetsuya Okabe (JPN), Rok Petrovič (YUG), Richard Pramotton (ITA) , Ingemar Stenmark (SWE), Alberto Tomba (ITA), Michael Tritscher (AUT), Frank Wörndl (FRG), Pirmin Zurbriggen (SUI)

On the Austrian team, Thomas Stangassinger, who was the only one of the ÖSV runners to arrive later, replaced Hubert Strolz, who had a side-leg angina.

Nierlich (No. 10) was after the first run in 57.57 s. Second behind Bittner (57.32 s) and in front of Girardelli (58.23 s); Stenmark (who only had start number 16) was 12th in 59.80 seconds. Gstrein, Tomba (he fell headlong almost the entire slope), McGrath, Zurbriggen and defending champion Wörndl were eliminated.

The second round started with a failure orgy. Before it was the turn of the top five, only three runners were in the ranking. Because Pramotton was the first to fail, the Italian team did not include any in the ranking. With his departure, Stenmark did not have a positive exit from his last World Cup, Tritscher was also out. But since the leading quintet came through, at least eight runners were classified for the time being. During the last crossing, Nierlich knew best not to risk, but also not to brake like the leader Bittner. Accola was fourth in both races in 58.27 and 65.53 s. Finn Christian Jagge , still unknown at the time, was 14th in 129.28 s.

combination

space	country	athlete	Time A	Time S.	Points
1	LUX	Marc Girardelli	2: 04.64 (2nd)	1: 37.65 (3rd)	4.72
2	SUI	Paul Accola	2: 05.82 (4th)	1: 37.85 (6.)	16.26
3	AUT	Günther Mader	2: 07.36 (9.)	1: 38.14 (9.)	31.49
4th	SUI	Pirmin Zurbriggen	2: 08.15 (14th)	1: 38.47 (11.)	40.41
5	FRG	Markus Wasmeier	2: 05.50 (3rd)	1: 43.18 (17.)	45.91
6th	SUI	Patrick Staub	2: 08.71 (15.)	1: 40.15 (14th)	55.53
7th	AUT	Michael Tritscher	2: 10.73 (19.)	1: 37.91 (7.)	59.56
8th	TCH	Marian Bires	2: 07.09 (8.)	1: 43.47 (18.)	61.54
-	-	-	-	-	-
10	FRG	Berni Huber	2: 06.13 (6.)	1: 46.61 (23.)	72.31
17th	LIE	Paul Frommelt	2: 15.03 (27.)	1: 37.83 (5th)	96.68
19th	LIE	Gregor Hoop	2: 12.50 (24.)	1: 44.29 (20.)	113.89
22nd	LIE	Markus Foser	2: 10.50 (18.)	1: 48.29 (24.)	120.76
35	MEX	Hubertus of Hohenlohe	2: 14.93 (26.)	2: 05.33 (43rd)	263.26

Defending champion: Marc Girardelli (LUX)
Date : February 3, 12:00 p.m. (departure)
January 30, 10:00 a.m. / 12:30 p.m. (slalom)

Downhill run: “Centennial”
route length: 3339 m, difference in altitude: 801 m,
gates: 38

Slalom course: "Centennial"
Height difference: 180 m
Goals: 61 (1st run), 57 (2nd run)

There were 85 runners at the start, 45 classified.

Retired u. a .: Luc Alphand (FRA), Armin Bittner (FRG), Tomaž Čižman (YUG), Bernhard Gstrein (AUT), Finn Christian Jagge (NOR), Gustav Oehrli (SUI), Franck Piccard (FRA), Richard Pramotton (ITA ), Peter Runggaldier (ITA), Hubert Strolz (AUT), Hansjörg Tauscher (FRG)

Both the gold and silver medalists from last year's Olympic Games, Hubert Strolz and Bernhard Gstrein, were eliminated. However, the ÖSV only nominated three runners. The injury sustained in downhill training made fellow favorites Zurbriggen, who was 11th in the combined slalom 1.58 seconds behind Furuseth and 0.68 seconds behind his rival Girardelli. His gap in the downhill with 14th place (3.52 seconds behind the winner Michael Mair and 3.51 seconds on the runner-up “Gira”) was too big to get into the medal ranks. The start of the descent had been postponed by an hour due to fog.

Women

Departure

space	country	sportswoman	time
1	SUI	Maria Walliser	1: 46.50 min
2	CAN	Karen Percy	1: 48.00 min
3	FRG	Karin Dedler	1: 48.01 min
4th	SUI	Heidi Zurbriggen	1: 48.05 min
5	JPN	Emi Kawabata	1: 48.32 min
6th	FRG	Michaela Gerg	1: 48.38 min
7th	CAN	Kerrin Lee-Gartner	1: 48.45 min
8th	SUI	Michela Figini	1: 48.57 min
9	SUI	Heidi Zeller-Bähler	1: 48.60 min
-	-	-	-
11	FRG	Rosi Krenn	1: 48.78 min
12	AUT	Petra Kronberger	1: 48.83 min
15th	AUT	Veronika Wallinger	1: 49.01 min
19th	FRG	Regine Mösenlechner	1: 49.10 min
20th	SUI	Chantal Bournisse	1: 49.19 min
22nd	AUT	Elisabeth Kirchler	1: 49.24 min
28	AUT	Sigrid Wolf	1: 50.28 min

Defending champion: Maria Walliser (SUI)
Date : February 5, 1:00 p.m.
Slope: "International"
Length: 2591 m, difference in altitude: 667 m,
gates: 38

There were 34 runners at the start, 32 of them were ranked; Carole Merle was disqualified because of an early start (please refer to the source for information on the women's giant slalom).

Super G

space	country	sportswoman	time
1	AUT	Ulrike Maier	1: 19.46 min
2	AUT	Sigrid Wolf	1: 19.49 min
3	FRG	Michaela Gerg	1: 19.50 min
4th	SUI	Maria Walliser	1: 19.69 min
5	FRG	Regine Mösenlechner	1: 20.08 min
	SUI	Michela Figini	1: 20.08 min
7th	CAN	Michelle McKendry	1: 20.27 min
8th	AUT	Petra Kronberger	1: 20.38 min
9	AUT	Anita Wachter	1: 20.39 min
-	-	-	-
11	FRG	Karin Dedler	1: 20.58 min
12	SUI	Heidi Zurbriggen	1: 20.78 min
17th	SUI	Heidi Zeller-Bähler	1: 20.91 min
26th	SUI	Vreni Schneider	1: 22.50 min

Defending champion: Maria Walliser (SUI)
Date : February 8th, 9:30 am
Slope: "International"
Length: 1671 m, difference in altitude: 478 m
Goals: 41

There were 63 runners at the start, 53 of them reached the finish.

Retired u. a .: Cathy Chedal (FRA), Traudl Hächer (FRG), Carole Merle (FRA)
Ulrike Maier won gold in the Super-G without having secured a World Cup victory so far (you only found out that she was pregnant around the February 25th in Steamboat Springs) - there was a very tight medal decision! Maier (No. 1) and Wolf (No. 4) drove the lowest part of the route (which was called “Pepi's face”, named after the Austrian Pepi Gramshammer, who emigrated to Vail). Maier drove 32.78 s in the first split time, 58.19 s in the second; Many runners were a bit faster, especially during the first measurement. Surprisingly, the previous season dominator Carole Merle (No. 6) only made it to the first intermediate time, where she was best with a 0.34 second lead, after which she went off track after a jump and was eliminated. Then it was Maria Walliser (No. 12) in particular with 32.28 s, and she was also ahead in 57.96 s in the second intermediate time. Michaela Gerg (No. 14) was measured with 32.70 s and 58.15 s.
McKendry came in 7th at # 35.
Other interesting placements:
10th Karen Percy (CAN) 1: 20.47
14th Diann Roffe (USA) 1: 20.82
15th Catherine Quittet (FRA) 1: 20.85
23rd Mateja Svet (YUG) 1:21 , 68

Giant slalom

space	country	sportswoman	time
1	SUI	Vreni Schneider	2: 29.37 min
2	FRA	Carole Merle	2: 30.50 min
3	YUG	Mateja Svet	2: 31.92 min
4th	SUI	Maria Walliser	2: 32.05 min
5	FRG	Karin Dedler	2: 32.33 min
6th	FRA	Cathy Chedal	2: 32.97 min
7th	ESP	Blanca Fernández Ochoa	2: 33.22 min
8th	AUT	Ulrike Maier	2: 33.45 min
-	-	-	-
10	AUT	Ingrid Salvenmoser	2: 33.66 min
11	SUI	Heidi Zurbriggen	2: 33.77 min
13	AUT	Anita Wachter	2: 34.29 min

Defending champion: Vreni Schneider (SUI)
Date : February 11, 10:00 am (1st run), 12:30 pm (2nd run)
Slope: "International"
Length: 1400 m, difference in altitude: 338 m
Gates: 47 ( 1st run), 51 (2nd run)

There were 73 runners at the start, 38 of them reached the finish.

Retired u. a .: Deborah Compagnoni (ITA), Michaela Gerg (FRG), Zoë Haas (SUI), Traudl Hächer (FRG), Kerrin Lee-Gartner (CAN), Paoletta Magoni (ITA), Christina Meier-Höck (FRG), Tamara McKinney (USA), Karen Percy (CAN), Veronika Šarec (YUG), Varwara Selenskaja (URS)

The originally with a time of 2: 31.80 min. measured third-placed Christelle Guignard was disqualified after a positive doping test.

Contrary to the slalom, Schneider was able to withstand the pressure of expectation as again the big favorite; she was already leading after the first run. The Austrians remained true to their latent weakness in this discipline, whereby Sigrid Wolf was eliminated in the first run.

slalom

space	country	sportswoman	time
1	YUG	Mateja Svet	1: 30.88 min
2	SUI	Vreni Schneider	1: 31.49 min
3	United States	Tamara McKinney	1: 31.66 min
4th	ESP	Blanca Fernández Ochoa	1: 31.75 min
5	AUT	Ingrid Salvenmoser	1: 32.57 min
6th	AUT	Monika Maierhofer	1: 32.77 min
7th	FRG	Anette Gersch	1: 33.37 min
8th	United States	Eva Twardokens	1: 33.40 min
-	-	-	-
15th	LIE	Jolanda Kindle	1: 36.10 min

Defending champion: Erika Hess (SUI) (career ended)
Date : February 7th, 9:30 am (1st run), 12:30 pm (2nd run)
Slope: “Centennial”
Length: 480 m, difference in altitude: 180 m
Goals: 53 (1st run), 56 (2nd run)

There were 67 runners at the start, 32 of them reached the finish.

Retired u. a .: Patricia Chauvet (FRA), Brigitte Gadient (SUI), Christine von Grünigen (SUI), Paoletta Magoni (ITA), Ulrike Maier (AUT), Brigitte Oertli (SUI), Veronika Šarec (YUG), Anita Wachter (AUT )

combination

space	country	athlete	Time A	Time S.	Points
1	United States	Tamara McKinney	1: 32.10 (3.)	1: 18.70 (2.)	5.65
2	SUI	Vreni Schneider	1: 33.94 (11.)	1: 18.58 (1.)	26.63
3	SUI	Brigitte Oertli	1: 31.99 (2.)	1: 22.50 (8.)	32.88
4th	YUG	Mateja Svet	1: 34.11 (13.)	1: 19.54 (3rd)	35.86
5	AUT	Anita Wachter	1: 32.61 (5th)	1: 21.93 (6.)	35.97
6th	AUT	Ulrike Maier	1: 32.25 (4.)	1: 22.73 (10.)	37.70
7th	AUT	Petra Kronberger	1: 33.55 (9.)	1: 20.94 (5.)	39.71
8th	CAN	Michelle McKendry	1: 34.44 (8th)	1: 22.54 (9.)	50.41
-	-	-	-	-	-
21st	FRG	Rosi Krenn	1: 32.86 (9.)	2: 00.68 (24.)	333.09

Defending champion: Erika Hess (SUI) (career ended)
Date : February 2, 11:00 am (departure)
January 29, 10:00 am / 12:30 pm (slalom)

Downhill route: "International"
Route length: 2234 m, difference in altitude: 598 m,
gates: 34

Slalom course: "Centennial"
Height difference: 159 m
Gates: 45 (1st run), 45 (2nd run)

There were 43 runners at the start, 22 classified.

Retired u. a .: Chantal Bournisse (SUI), Annelise Coberger (NZL), Sylvia Eder (AUT), Michaela Gerg (FRG), Florence Masnada (FRA), Karen Percy (CAN), Veronika Šarec (YUG)

The women of the ÖSV were optimistic because of the slalom result, especially Petra Kronberger as fifth (and yet the better downhill runner as a slalom runner, who also did well in the training sessions) was considered a favorite. Therefore, their relapse came unexpectedly, as was generally described in the Austrian press as disappointing.

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Switzerland	3	5	3	11
2	Austria	3	2	1	6th
3	BR Germany	1	1	2	4th
4th	Yugoslavia	1	-	2	3
5	Luxembourg	1	-	1	2
	United States	1	-	1	2
7th	France	-	1	-	1
	Canada	-	1	-	1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ «World Cup as a“ comeback ”from Vail. Compensation for the Olympics » . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 28, 1989, p. 21 ( arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
2. ↑ ^{a b} gloss below: "Our man in Vail" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 30, 1989, p. 19 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
3. ↑ Box at the bottom left: “New FIS lists” . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 30, 1989, p. 21 ( arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
4. ^ «Swiss World Cup team without Gaspoz. Frehsner: "Hard qualification" » . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 23, 1989, p. 21 ( arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
5. ↑ “Whoever has a chance for a medal!” In “Kronenzeitung” of January 24, 1989, special supplement “WM extra”, page 5
6. ^ "Success high: Six downhill skiers in the World Cup team" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 24, 1989, p. 21 ( arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
7. ↑ Column 4, below: "Höflehner 2nd departure today" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 6, 1989, p. 19 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
8. ↑ Box in column 4, below: “Alpine Ski World Championships on TV” . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 26, 1989, p. 23 ( Arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
9. ^ Box at the bottom right, first article . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 27, 1989, p. 25 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
10. ↑ Column 4, above: "A break for alpine skiers" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 10, 1989, p. 25 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
11. ↑ Column 4, middle: “No fans, but tickets sold” . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 13, 1989, p. 21 ( arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
12. ^ "FIS thanks for 1066 schillings" in "Kleine Zeitung" of February 14, 1989, page 34
13. ^ Gloss in column 4: "WM-Splitter"; 2nd contribution . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 30, 1989, p. 19 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
14. ↑ Caption with the text: «Boss Cindy» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 26, 1989, p. 22 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized version).
15. ^ "Timekeeping in Vail not like in Europe" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 14, 1989, p. 23 , Mitte ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
16. ↑ "Horror Trip to Vail. Locked up in a jet for seven hours ”in“ Kronenzeitung ”of January 27, 1989, special supplement“ WM Extra ”, page 12
17. ^ Problems for Austria's men's team ... In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 27, 1989, p. 25 , bottom right box, last post ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized). (and for further information, please refer to the source reference for the opening ceremony).
18. ↑ «World Cup Splitter» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 30, 1989, p. 21 , bottom right box, first article ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized version).
19. ^ "Saalbach with more excitement" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 30, 1989, p. 19 , column 4, below ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
20. ↑ «Hangl also used“ Einser ”. Cizman ousted Strolz » . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 9, 1989, p. 23 ( Arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
21. ^ "Wirnsberger 2 follows bracket" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 4, 1989, p. 24 , column 1, below ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
22. ↑ "Katrin drives for titles in the descent" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 1, 1989, p. 24 , column 1, middle ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
23. ↑ "Skitod during the inspection" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 1, 1989, p. 21 , box in column 4, above ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
24. ^ Gloss: "Our man in Vail" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 1, 1989, p. 21 ( arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
25. ↑ Column 4, below: "Sadleder injured in a fall" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 31, 1989, p. 21 ( arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
26. ↑ «Berger is building on Petra. Wolf gets going » . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 2, 1989, p. 21 ( arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
27. ↑ Column 4, below: "Kronberger strong in training" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 1, 1989, p. 21 ( arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
28. ^ Column 1: "Sadleder from the World Cup team" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 4, 1989, p. 23 ( Arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
29. ↑ «Höflehner pissed off. Swiss dominated » . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 1, 1989, p. 21 ( arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
30. ↑ «Zurbriggen overturned. Is there an argument? " In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 2, 1989, p. 22 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized version).
31. ↑ «Three Austrians in front! . Best time qualified Rupp » . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 4, 1989, p. 23 ( Arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
32. ^ Column 4, below: «Höflehner 2.. Departure today » . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 6, 1989, p. 19 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
33. ↑ «Hangl also used“ Einser ”. Cizman ousted Strolz » . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 9, 1989, p. 23 ( Arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
34. ↑ «Nierlich and Mayer unleashed! Another double triumph ”and column 4, below:“ Failure Enns: Stitch in the knee ” . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 10, 1989, p. 23 ( Arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
35. ↑ caption . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 14, 1989, p. 23 ( Arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
36. ↑ «Fortune children and the unlucky person» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 11, 1989, p. 23 ( Arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
37. ↑ «All about the Ski World Cup»; last post . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 8, 1989, p. 23 , column 1, middle ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
38. ↑ «All about the Ski World Cup»; 4th contribution . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 13, 1989, p. 1 , box in column 1 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
39. ↑ «Nierlich, the“ Anti-Tomba ”! Profit despite bankruptcy » . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 14, 1989, p. 22 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized version).
40. ^ «Golden nerve wire ropes» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 14, 1989, p. 21 ( arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
41. ↑ «Only Mader gives hope. Girardelli is favorite » . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 31, 1989, p. 21 ( arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
42. ^ "Only 3 gentlemen will combine" in "Kleine Zeitung" of January 21, 1989, page 29, below
43. ↑ Girardelli defended World Cup gold, Mader bronze . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 4, 1989, p. 21 ( arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
44. ↑ «Last Super-G to Wolf:“ I trembled ”» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 27, 1989, p. 21 ( arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
45. ↑ «The wait was terrible for Ulli» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 10, 1989, p. 1 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
46. ↑ «Triumph for Maier and Wolf! . Double victory in the super-G thriller » . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 9, 1989, p. 21 ( arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
47. ^ «World Cup in Vail as a rollercoaster. Now about the Nations Cup » . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 13, 1989, p. 21 ( arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
48. ^ "Earned gold for Vreni" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 13, 1989, p. 20 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized version).
49. ↑ «Seventh instead of first. McKinney won gold » . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 3, 1989, p. 23 ( Arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).